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Thursday, 9 July 2015

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Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dissolved the 22 Local
Government Councils in Rivers State, Nigeria’s south-south region.

The presiding judge, Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Federal High Court 1, gave the verdict in his ruling on Thursday.

The
judge said that the decision of the administration of former Governor
Chibuike Amaechi to go ahead with the conduct of the council election on
May 23, in spite of a court order asking all parties to maintain status
quo, was a flagrant abuse of court process and disregard for rule of
law.

The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Police has also
revealed that it had obstructed an attempt by arsonists to raze the
Federal High Court.